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He is an underrated cricketer. Averages 49.15 away against Eng, India, NZ, SA, and Aus-which is very good. He also has most runs and 100s in tests by a Pakistani. I wish more people would appreciate him.
He really came through for Pakistan with that incredible 200 and helped us tie the series.

I think both Haris and Babar have the potential to take up his mantle but it will be very difficult for them. If Babar can get going in the Tests like he has in ODIs then i think he can become the next Younis Khan or potentially even surpass him.

Watching that video took me back. What a amazing player he was. This was just one of many many occasions where he played a fabulous knock under pressure and put us back in the game. When it come to pressure situations or 2nd innings batting there hasnít been anyone better. Really is being missed!

The greatest knock in the history of cricket, this man is just such a special individual. Kids these days are always so ignorant to not appreciate his genius and this knock came past his prime as well, beyond me how fans still berate the one who managed to cross that 10K barrier for the first time in Pakistan's Test History. Even if they have an issue with his behaviour that shouldn't get in the way of objectively judging his match winning prowess for Pakistan, in the 2000's there has never been a more important batsman when it came to our Test fortunes. He's a throwback with an unmatched mental fortitude, a gritty warrior who never says die and represented his country with absolute pride. Miss the legend

The greatest knock in the history of cricket, this man is just such a special individual. Kids these days are always so ignorant to not appreciate his genius and this knock came past his prime as well, beyond me how fans still berate the one who managed to cross that 10K barrier for the first time in Pakistan's Test History. Even if they have an issue with his behaviour that shouldn't get in the way of objectively judging his match winning prowess for Pakistan, in the 2000's there has never been a more important batsman when it came to our Test fortunes. He's a throwback with an unmatched mental fortitude, a gritty warrior who never says die and represented his country with absolute pride. Miss the legend

His 177 in SL in fourth innings was better than this IMO. Have not seen a better player for spin than YK (Mahela and VVS come close). I remember he thanked Mohd Azharuddin for this knock (advising a change), during the presentation ceremony at the KIA Oval!

"Don't get attached to anything you're not willing to walk out in 30 seconds" Neil McCauley, Heat

The double hundred was on a flat wicket and when the wicket is flat, Anderson and broad are trundlers.

But credit to Yk for taking advantage of the situation. Very good knock it was.

Nobody is going to talk about flatness of the pitch here. That’s only when we talk about Indian batsmen scoring centuries away from home, there you would hear all types of excuses like road like pitch, subcontinent type of pitch, dead wicket,etc

The greatest knock in the history of cricket, this man is just such a special individual. Kids these days are always so ignorant to not appreciate his genius and this knock came past his prime as well, beyond me how fans still berate the one who managed to cross that 10K barrier for the first time in Pakistan's Test History. Even if they have an issue with his behaviour that shouldn't get in the way of objectively judging his match winning prowess for Pakistan, in the 2000's there has never been a more important batsman when it came to our Test fortunes. He's a throwback with an unmatched mental fortitude, a gritty warrior who never says die and represented his country with absolute pride. Miss the legend

The double hundred was on a flat wicket and when the wicket is flat, Anderson and broad are trundlers.

But credit to Yk for taking advantage of the situation. Very good knock it was.

As usual, you post without thinking. The pitch for the last match of that series was actually the quickest out of all of them. This information is from the host broadcaster for that series and thus, does not suffer from bias.

Nobody is going to talk about flatness of the pitch here. That’s only when we talk about Indian batsmen scoring centuries away from home, there you would hear all types of excuses like road like pitch, subcontinent type of pitch, dead wicket,etc

Its not our fault that your main batsman failed like a tail-ender in England.

Nobody is going to talk about flatness of the pitch here. That’s only when we talk about Indian batsmen scoring centuries away from home, there you would hear all types of excuses like road like pitch, subcontinent type of pitch, dead wicket,etc

Which Indian batsman has scored a double century in England and when has that been discredited?

As usual, you post without thinking. The pitch for the last match of that series was actually the quickest out of all of them. This information is from the host broadcaster for that series and thus, does not suffer from bias.

This is actually 100% factually True! When YK scored his double ton I personally was skeptical that the pitch would've been flat and lifeless but then Sky broadcasted a graphic stating that The Oval pitch had more bounce and lateral movement than any other surface previously recorded in the tour.

Can somebody be kind enough to dig that graphic from the game at the Oval??

Which Indian batsman has scored a double century in England and when has that been discredited?

So those centuries scored by Indian players overseas were discredited because they did not convert them to double century? We can only comment about pitch for centuries not for double centuries?

This is similar to filter you put earlier that kohli needs to score ODI winning century against Pakistan in UAE or Pakistan to be called great ODI batsman to discard the winning century Kohli scored against pak in Australia, that too in WC.

Younis scored more in 1 innings in England than what Kohli managed in 5 tests . Yet never tire of hearing some PPers downplaying YK while praising Kohli to the skies. IMO Younis is a certified legend and the 2nd greatest Asian test batsman(behind Sanga) to debut post 2000. He is even slightly superior to Sehwag IMHO and far superior to FTB Kohli, at least as of now. Need to show the legend more respect here.

Watched it Live at the Oval and even made it to the Sky Sports montage with my friends and I standing up to applaud YK's first century. Amazing memories and proves that form is temporary and class is permanent. Also remember how the tail wagged and helped YK to keep scoring which deflated the English fans sitting amongst us (much to our delight).

This innings was wonderful to watch. I could replay 6:42 from the video in the OP everyday for a month and still not get bored of it. That was poetry in motion.

Whether you think he's ATG or not, one cannot disagree that this is an ATG knock. Scored the first 100 @SR of 70 and maintained the same rate from 100-200 runs. Not to forget how brilliant he was with the tail. Didn't give them too much exposure until they were in at the crease for long enough.

Nobody is going to talk about flatness of the pitch here. That’s only when we talk about Indian batsmen scoring centuries away from home, there you would hear all types of excuses like road like pitch, subcontinent type of pitch, dead wicket,etc

Younis scored more in 1 innings in England than what Kohli managed in 5 tests . Yet never tire of hearing some PPers downplaying YK while praising Kohli to the skies. IMO Younis is a certified legend and the 2nd greatest Asian test batsman(behind Sanga) to debut post 2000. He is even slightly superior to Sehwag IMHO and far superior to FTB Kohli, at least as of now. Need to show the legend more respect here.

Lol. Kohli is a FTB but UAE khan is a great player against swing, pace and bounce.

So those centuries scored by Indian players overseas were discredited because they did not convert them to double century? We can only comment about pitch for centuries not for double centuries?

This is similar to filter you put earlier that kohli needs to score ODI winning century against Pakistan in UAE or Pakistan to be called great ODI batsman to discard the winning century Kohli scored against pak in Australia, that too in WC.

I did not say either of those things. Come back when you are better at comprehending what you read.

I did not say either of those things. Come back when you are better at comprehending what you read.

Why did you have to quote me? You had nothing related to what I had commented earlier. Why did you have to talk about double century to me while I was commenting about flatness of the pitch? pls try to follow whatever you preach to others.

Why did you have to quote me? You had nothing related to what I had commented earlier. Why did you have to talk about double century to me while I was commenting about flatness of the pitch? pls try to follow whatever you preach to others.

Stop your whining, it's getting annoying. Your claims regarding the flatness of this pitch are rubbish because this pitch was actually the toughest for batting on the entire tour.

Had an Indian batsman done what Khan did, you can rest assured that he would have gotten praised as well.

Stop your whining, it's getting annoying. Your claims regarding the flatness of this pitch are rubbish because this pitch was actually the toughest for batting on the entire tour.

Had an Indian batsman done what Khan did, you can rest assured that he would have gotten praised as well.

Lol. You must be the last one to talk about whining about pitches. When kohli scored century after century in Australia, pitches were flat, when scored century in SA, pitch was subcontinent type pitch. Like I said earlier try to follow whatever you preach. Stop crying about pitch every time Indian batsman score century. There is a reason why Indian batt8ng line up is the best in the world and team is the best team in the world.

Lol. You must be the last one to talk about whining about pitches. When kohli scored century after century in Australia, pitches were flat, when scored century in SA, pitch was subcontinent type pitch. Like I said earlier try to follow whatever you preach. Stop crying about pitch every time Indian batsman score century. There is a reason why Indian batt8ng line up is the best in the world and team is the best team in the world.

The pitches in Australia were flat and Centurion was a subcontinental-type pitch. These are factual statements supported by evidence, just like the statement regarding the Oval strip being the spiciest pitch of the 2016 Pak v Eng series.

How about you go sing the praises of your batting lineup in a thread about the Indian batting lineup and not pollute this thread with your nonsense?

I was one of his main critics when it came to LOI cricket but what an amazing test player he was. Really missing a player like him in our test team currently.

Who do you think will take up his mantle? Haris, Babar or Imam?

I have no hopes from Azhar and Shafiq; they will remain inconsistent and impact-less especially the latter.

Notice how he looks a uncomfortable in a few of his shots in the beginning of his innings.

After his century he was playing more straight down the ground, the cover drives were perfect executed.

Text book batting after he scored his hundred.

I also had somewhat of a laugh when he smashed Anderson's 79mph half trackers, and when he finally got out at 218 to an Anderson slower ball, I was reminded of all the posts here on PP starting from 2015 when this series was announced against England, that how all of our batsmen will be walking wickets.

A 40 year old and 43 year old don't have the reflexes, and the technique to survive the superior skills of Anderson and Broad, they will run through our batting etc etc..

All of our batsmen can get selfish 100s, and when Younis got his the lead was only 75. Younis's then did only what a GOAT can do, he took the game away from the opposition and he made them pay for getting him into form. Literally he was toying with their batting, he made them look average, their body language was deflated and he single handedly turned a lead, which would've been an average one of 100-110 to a massive and match defining lead of 200.. He did score these runs in a very short time. Any young player watching, this is the ideal way to pace an innings in a test match.

Younis scored a double century against Zimbabwe once, and he took the game away from them. People said it was only Zimbabwe he can score like this against, he doesn't have it to do it against the big guns.

Here he is, against an English side, that was beginning of the end of a great Test Match side on their home turf.

Good players play for the milestones, great players take the game away from the opposition. The more I look at this knock, the more I feel Younis is really underrated with the big names around...

The pitches in Australia were flat and Centurion was a subcontinental-type pitch. These are factual statements supported by evidence, just like the statement regarding the Oval strip being the spiciest pitch of the 2016 Pak v Eng series.

How about you go sing the praises of your batting lineup in a thread about the Indian batting lineup and not pollute this thread with your nonsense?

Evidence? I have the evidence that kohli’s century on adelide was one of the spiciest wickets. Similarly centurion wicket was not a subcontinent type of wicket. Otherwise pacers would not have got that many wickets.

You have been discussing about Indian batsmen in the last several post of yours. Now you are telling me, I am polluting this thread. Big LOL.

Annoying, non sense, etc Calm down angry man. If this is your way of crying, I will go easy next time. Bye for now.

Notice how he looks a uncomfortable in a few of his shots in the beginning of his innings.

After his century he was playing more straight down the ground, the cover drives were perfect executed.

Text book batting after he scored his hundred.

I also had somewhat of a laugh when he smashed Anderson's 79mph half trackers, and when he finally got out at 218 to an Anderson slower ball, I was reminded of all the posts here on PP starting from 2015 when this series was announced against England, that how all of our batsmen will be walking wickets.

A 40 year old and 43 year old don't have the reflexes, and the technique to survive the superior skills of Anderson and Broad, they will run through our batting etc etc..

All of our batsmen can get selfish 100s, and when Younis got his the lead was only 75. Younis's then did only what a GOAT can do, he took the game away from the opposition and he made them pay for getting him into form. Literally he was toying with their batting, he made them look average, their body language was deflated and he single handedly turned a lead, which would've been an average one of 100-110 to a massive and match defining lead of 200.. He did score these runs in a very short time. Any young player watching, this is the ideal way to pace an innings in a test match.

Younis scored a double century against Zimbabwe once, and he took the game away from them. People said it was only Zimbabwe he can score like this against, he doesn't have it to do it against the big guns.

Here he is, against an English side, that was beginning of the end of a great Test Match side on their home turf.

Good players play for the milestones, great players take the game away from the opposition. The more I look at this knock, the more I feel Younis is really underrated with the big names around...

Great post. Khan's ability to go big is just another reason why he's right up there with Lara, Sachin, Kallis and the rest as an ATG test batsman.

If he had the hype of an Indian batsman behind him, there would be absolutely no questions over his greatness.

I agree this is a good innings but calling him an ATG for this innings is lol worthy. Both Ganguly and Laxman played innings as good as this one if not better. Still no Indians hype them as ATG. Don’t have to use ATG so loosely. It’s like saying Srinath is ATG and as good as WAsim or Ambrose.

I agree this is a good innings but calling him an ATG for this innings is lol worthy. Both Ganguly and Laxman played innings as good as this one if not better. Still no Indians hype them as ATG. Donít have to use ATG so loosely. Itís like saying Srinath is ATG and as good as WAsim or Ambrose.

Incredible innings that again proves the phrase "form is temporary, class is permanent". Younis Khan and Misbah-Ul-Haq, the two most criticized players by certain sections of PP, led the way in the series.

Man I just miss that series so much, look back at it with great memories.

I remember it well.

That friday I was just at home in the morning watching the match, standard summer holidays friday morning for me. Then later in evening I went to London with friends, that was a chill day, I remember following score on the train.

Next morning was Saturday, I remember watching start, then I had my own cricket match, my team were batting first so I kept checking the score and saw that YK had scored double century and he got good support from Amir, the lead was growing, I was hoping it wouldn't be a repeat of 3rd test but this time we got a much bigger lead. Then I remember my team was defending the score and as soon as it was drinks break, I ran off and quickly checked score on my phone, then once my match was finished I ran off again and checked score and it was 88-4 at stumps.

Then I remember watching highlights when I was home feeling happy cos we won the match I was playing in.

Then the next day I remember Pakistan wrapped up the victory and I was feeling very relaxed, very good scenes as Pakistan were number 1 team and I felt so patriotic that day, IIRC it was independence day. Then I remember going to see some family in the evening, as some had just come back from Pakistan and also as my brother was going to America the next day for a year abroad as part of his degree.

Such a chilled couple of days! Good times and a great innings, I remember that six he hit to reach his double century. I think he was out lbw before he reached his 200 but it was reviewed and overturned, I remember I was in the car on the way to my cricket match at that time and listening to radio commentary.

This is actually 100% factually True! When YK scored his double ton I personally was skeptical that the pitch would've been flat and lifeless but then Sky broadcasted a graphic stating that The Oval pitch had more bounce and lateral movement than any other surface previously recorded in the tour.

Can somebody be kind enough to dig that graphic from the game at the Oval??

I love how we all remember the Sky infographic. I've even saved it on my desktop.

Fantastic innings. Best Pakistani test batsman of all time arguably and easily the best I've seen. Scored big hundreds when under pressure. Just goes to show how test cricket is , more than technique, a test of character and mental strength of an individual.

Amazing, just incredible. The greatest test series I have ever seen in England and up there with the ashes in 2005 for me. Our greatest triumph since the 92 WC win when Misbah held that beautiful mace thanks to the performance in England and alongside the others, YK was one of the centre pieces of that golden generation which reached number one.

Really? I think that's Hyperbole for sure. It's definitely one of the best I've seen, especially from a Pakistani batsman, but probably a few more up there. I think the fact that Younis is so uncomfortable and fidgety early in his innings, is used to undermine his effectiveness. Yes, he's not as solid as Dravid, or doesn't have the elegance of Sanga, but he's got grit and he grew into one of the greatest Asian batsmen of all time. Definitely MisYou today.

The most fun thing of YK was that he would always reach his hundreds or double hundreds with a barrage of most confident sixes. As soon as YK would reach the so called nervous nineties, he would become the best T20 batsman in the world.

I agree this is a good innings but calling him an ATG for this innings is lol worthy. Both Ganguly and Laxman played innings as good as this one if not better. Still no Indians hype them as ATG. Donít have to use ATG so loosely. Itís like saying Srinath is ATG and as good as WAsim or Ambrose.

We also remember how they performed in 2012, the golden generation that was whitewashed. All the hype the golden generation received before the series, it was quite an anticlimax.

Compared to this these two players are right in the ends of their careers, and they went out with a really fighting series which was respectable.

Really? I think that's Hyperbole for sure. It's definitely one of the best I've seen, especially from a Pakistani batsman, but probably a few more up there. I think the fact that Younis is so uncomfortable and fidgety early in his innings, is used to undermine his effectiveness. Yes, he's not as solid as Dravid, or doesn't have the elegance of Sanga, but he's got grit and he grew into one of the greatest Asian batsmen of all time. Definitely MisYou today.

No hyperbole. Which Asian batsman scored a series saving double hundred in completely alien conditions against a world class attack in this century?

We also remember how they performed in 2012, the golden generation that was whitewashed. All the hype the golden generation received before the series, it was quite an anticlimax.

Compared to this these two players are right in the ends of their careers, and they went out with a really fighting series which was respectable.

They had already won the series once in eng, drew a series in Aus and SA. 2012 was their last year of their career. Lol at picking up that year. If you go by that you have to call Viv a tailender, that’s how he struggled in his last years of his career. Same for Ponting,etc.

No hyperbole. Which Asian batsman scored a series saving double hundred in completely alien conditions against a world class attack in this century?

What do you have to say for series winning centuries scored by Rahul Dravid and Sachin in 2007 series in England? Sachin’s century against steyn and co to draw a series in SA 2011. Rahul Dravid double century and 70 in the second innings against lee, Gillespie,etc in 2002 in Aus?

And Rahul Dravid's double hundred in Adelaide is ridiculously underrated.

It came when Australia already had put 556 on board while India were 85/4 and from there coming out and winning a match away from home in Australia takes a lot. He also scored a 72* in 2nd inning.

People bring up the absence of McGrath and Warne as the reason why India won this test while the fact that India bowled out a full strength Australian batting line up twice completely slips their mind.

And Warne was ALWAYS useless against India. He averages like 50 against India...unfortunately with the ball. So I highly doubt he would have done anything in this test had he played.

Number 6, 7, 8 and 9 are nowhere near Khan's double. Stop rating that Kohli knock as something iconic, he choked and India lost. At best, it can be compared to Shafiq's hundred during our last tour of Australia and is probably inferior to it.

Khan's double isn't the best innings an Asian batsman played outside Asia this century, but it is definitely one of the best.